And make death proud to take us.

-

Cleopatra

I will not be triumphed over.

-

Cleopatra

Death is only the beginning

-

Imhotep

Events defined time, they were not ordered by it.

-

Imhotep

People were so consumed by their fears and ambitions, their desires. They were so busy planning and plotting their lives that they failed to live them.

-

Imhotep

Take advice from the ignorant as well as from the wise, since there is no single person who embodies perfection nor any craftsman who has reached the limits of excellence.

-

Ptahhotep

Habits are qualities of the soul.

_

Ibn Khaldun

Man is the child of customs, not the child of his ancestors.

_

Ibn Khaldun

Man is essentially ignorant, and becomes learned through acquiring knowledge.

_

Ibn Khaldun

The past resembles the future more than one drop of water resembles another.

-

Ibn Khaldun

Throughout history many nations have suffered a physical defeat, but that has never marked the end of a nation. But when a nation has become the victim of a psychological defeat, then that marks the end of a nation.

-

Ibn Khaldun

Contemplate thy powers, contemplate thy wants and thy connections; so shalt thou discover the duties of life, and be directed in all thy ways.

-

Akhenaten

To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.

-

Akhenaten